Davies, Suyi
Summary: "Journey into a lawless land and take its toughest trials in this official Minecraft novel! All of Cecelia Alao's friends call her Cece. All one of them. But she and Therese are so close that one friend is all Cece needs. Both at school and in their shared Minecraft world, Cece and Therese are inseparable. Until the night before the first day of school, when Therese sends Cece a message, three...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2021
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Summary: JT is a gay high school senior determined to get out of Clearwater, Florida, and be the first person in his family to go to college, even though he can not figure out how to pay for it--until his friends convince him to compete in a drag teen competitionwhere the first prize is a college scholarship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Push 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SELMaddox, Jake
Summary: When local skateboarding idol Scottie Devine announces a kind of treasure hunt in his home town in California, skating friends Griff and Annika are thrilled to participate--but soon the competition threatens to destroy their friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MADGrabenstein, Chris
Summary: "Six lucky kids go on a scavenger hunt inside Mr. Lemoncello's Gameworks factory, where they compete for a chance to win a Titanium Ticket"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2020
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Summary: "Omar and his friends investigate sabotage at the model rocket-building contest they are competing in"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam, G.P. Putnam's Sons 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MIASimon, Coco
Summary: Cupcake Club founder Katie Brown's stepsister Emily enters a baking contest at her new school and discovers her own way to bake.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2024
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE SIMEnderle, Adrienne
Summary: Dandy is already worried about the fifth grade spelling bee, because his family has a history of winning--and once it starts, things keep going wrong, and his best friend Malcolm realizes that the contest is being haunted and the boys need to find out why and banish the specter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2016
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Summary: "It's a spy versus spy world when Henry enters into a spying contest with one of his best friends, Max Maplethorpe. But will Max find out a little too much about Henry and his magical secret?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2021
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Summary: Eleven-year-old Maybelle Lane collects sounds. She records the Louisiana crickets chirping, Momma strumming her guitar, their broken trailer door squeaking. But the crown jewel of her collection is a sound she didn't collect herself: an old recording of her daddy's warm-sunshine laugh, saved on an old phone's voicemail. It's the only thing she has of his, and the only thing she knows about him....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC OS'HMurphy, Julie
Summary: Creating a drag-show audition tape that culminates in an unkind nomination for prom queen, an overweight and openly gay teen partners with a girl who has been nominated for prom king to embrace their true selves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MURLupica, Mike.
Summary: Eighth-grade star quarterback Nate Brodie's family is feeling the stress of the troubled economy, and Nate is frantic because his best friend Abby is going blind, so when he gets a chance to win a million dollars if he can complete a pass during the halftime of a New England Patriot's game, he is nearly overwhelmed by the pressure to succeed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2009
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Summary: "Clark the Shark is super excited about the drawing contest. The winner gets Captain Suckermouth comics, signed by Captain Suckermouth! When Clark asks Joey Mackerel for help, his excitement gets the best of him and he doesn't listen to his friend. Joey is sad because his pet catfish died. Will Clark be able to truly listen and put his friend first? Clark the Shark has been embraced in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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2 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN HALGracia, Anna
Summary: Three Asian American teen girls look for direction in their lives as they compete against each other at an elite tennis tournament.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree Teen 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC GRAAllegra, Mike
Summary: Kimmie is overwhelmed with deadlines as she fulfills tooth fairy commissions, scrambles to invent a machine with her best friend Myron to enter in a contest and to beat her rival, and has to help an incorrigible alien repair his UFO.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2022
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Summary: When four twelve-year-olds, including Logan, who has grown up never leaving his parents' Life Is Sweet candy factory, compete in the Confectionary Association's annual contest, they unexpectedly become friends and uncover secrets about themselves during the process.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2011
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Summary: "Petite the pony, Sultan the tiger, Teacup the puppy, and other palace pets compete in the Whisker Haven Pawlympics! Who will win?" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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Summary: In this leveled reader based on DreamWorks Animation's Spirit Riding Free, the PALs are part of a school fundraiser! But when Lucky partners with Maricela for the fundraiser instead of Pru and Abigail, their competitive streaks come out and test their friendship. --Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE FOXMaddox, Jake
Summary: Thirteen-year old Ben Malone is the son of the head groundskeeper at the exclusive golf club, Strongwood, a course Ben has never played because they cannot afford the fee--but when his best friend puts up the money to enter him in a junior tournament at the club, Ben is forced to confront his own lack of confidence (and his wicked slice).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone Imprint 2018
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Summary: Unnoticed by humans, Stella the Mouse, Nico the Toad, Delilah the Spider, and Bo the Parakeet compete, in their own special ways, during the school's Field Day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE GRIReid, C. L.
Summary: Her second place finish in a writing contest for third graders disappoints Emma, a deaf girl, but her best friend Izzie, who did not expect much, is thrilled to finish third, so the girls decide to celebrate together. Includes an ASL fingerspelling chart and a sign language guide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE REIHarper, Charise Mericle
Summary: The second week of Next Best Junior Chef features family and traditions, as Caroline, Oliver, and Rae, ages eleven to twelve, face more challenges and another elimination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HARO'Hara, Mo
Summary: Future evil scientist Mark, his pet cat, Fang, and his fellow campers at Camp Mwhaaa-haa-ha-a-watha vie for the chance to become apprentices to evil astronaut Neil Strongarm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED O'HASalazar, Alicia
Summary: At dance camp Camila teams up with new friends Lulu and Raisa and they enter the dance competition Las Estrellas; but when Camila injures her ankle it looks like they are out of the contest--until Raisa suggests they perform a sitting dance from India.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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Summary: The Major Eights enter a competition at Center Stage Café but Scarlet is distracted, both by a mean new singer in a rival band and by an unsigned valentine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2018